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All Photography & Haikus are from my photography blog www.phaiku.com

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The Concept

I created Phaiku.com as a means to showcase my personal photography in an interesting style. The word "Phaiku" is a combination of the words Picture & Haiku. It is simply a photograph with an attached Haiku.

I believe that by attaching a poem to a photo, all of a sudden, the photo takes on a new energy. It takes on a purpose and is given a new dimension to which people can relate & invest themselves.

Through Phaiku.com, my personal goal is to bring a smirk to a long face or a moment of stillness in a rushing world. I hope you find whatever you are looking for in the phaiku of phaiku.com :)

The Inspiration

One day, as I was reading a Japanese Green Tea bottle, and I noticed a simple haiku written on the side. In that moment it occurred to me- it would be pretty cool to combine a haiku with a photograph!... And wha-la... Picture Haiku was created! In other words, "P"Haiku.



The Photographs

So far, I have posted some photos from vacations or outings. I snapped these shots in moments of personal inspiration. True gems.



The Haikus

In 6th grade Reading class, we had the assignment of writing haikus and posting them on the walls around the classroom. I still remember that day well. So when I noticed the haiku printed on the Japanese Green Tea bottle, it brought me back to that moment, and I rediscovered my fondness for the simple, yet dynamic, 5-7-5 syllable format haiku.